Automobile.



NGI 821,154.1 PATENTE!) MAY 22, 1906. E. P. SRl-VVERx1 AUTOMBLE.

APPLIOATION HLEDTEBA, 1905.

Unirse srA'rss PATENT FFFGE.

EDGAR P. BREWER, OF SPGKANE, WASHNGTON.

AUTOMOBHLE.

ne. seme/i.

Eipecicztton of Letters Patent.

Patented Mey 2:13, 1906,

pplloatiun tiled February 4, 1905. Serial No. 244.114.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR P. BREWER, a. resident of'Spokene, in the county of Spokane and Stete of Washington, heve invented certain new end useful Improvements in Aun tomobiles; and l do hereby declere the following to be e full, clear, and exact description of the invention., such es will enable others skilled in the art to which it epperteins to W 1th this object in View the invention con` sists in certain novel features of construction end combinations end arrangements of perte, es will. be more fully hereinafter described, end pointed out in the claims. l In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is e view in side elevation illustrating my improvements in normsl position. Fig. 2 is s similer view showing the perts shifted to forint. Vhed or couch. Fig. 3 is e top pien view of Fig. 2, end Figs. 4 and 5 ere views of modiieetions.

'i represents the body o1E the automobile or touringcar provided with the rear sent 2 and front seat 3, the rear seet being xed end stm tionery so fer es this invention is concerned, end the sides end beck 4 of the front seat ere secured tovether, formino" e single movable member, which can be shifted, es will be hereinefter explained, to form either e bed or seat, as may be desired. This member 4, comprising the beck and sides oi the front seat, is hinged at its forward edge to the front seat end een be swung forward to the posi tion shown in 2. Beneath seet 3 is e slide 5, which may be drawn beck to the rear sent 2 to bridge thespece between the seats, and when vertical movable slides 6 at the ends of the front seat are drewn up to form the siles of the bed end cushions placed on the slide 5 e perfect bed or couch is formed, any well-known form oi cover or tent being provided for the car.

As shown in lfig. 4, instead of liinging the the front sent, etthe forward edge it may be hinged et its. rear edge end when swung down to e horizontal position wili bridge the space between the sests, and, if desired, to'

be drawn forward from beneath the front seat, this slide being slotted or notched to receive the steeringehaft 8.

Anotherr modi'ioetion is shown in Fig. 5, especially designed .for very lerge roomy cars, where there is room. between the iront and rear seats for e person to lie down. "With such e cer slides 10 end il eredrewn from beneath the front end roer seats, respecn tively, to bridge the s ece between them. The bedclothes and ot er like movable er ever desired.

A. greet many other slight changes might be mede in tne general form and errengen ment of the perte described without departing from my invention, and hence i do het restrict myself to the precise details set forth,

slight changes and alterations es fsiriy fell lwithin the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim es new, end desire to secure by Let 'ters Patent, is 1. The combination with e motor-vehieie, of e iixed rear seat, e front seat, e beck end sides for the front seat hinged et the forward ends of seid sides to 'the seat and adapted to be swung out of the wey end. meen-s for spanning the specs between seats end cooperate therewith to form e bed or couch.

2. The combination with e vehicie-body, of e fixed reel' sent, e. iront seat., e beek end sides for seid front Vseet hinged to seid seet end constructed to be swung iongitudinelly of the body, end verticel movable slides et sides of the bed or couch.

3. The combination with e vehicle-bod1 end e fixed rear seat, of e. iront seat, a. bec f end sides for seid front seat hinged et .their forward edge to the front sost end adapted to be swung forwardly beyond the iront sent, and ineens to bridge. the specs between the seats end coperete with the hitter to 'form y u bed.

member 4, comprising the beek end sides of make the bed or couch. ionger e slide 7 may,

ticles` may be st ored during the dey beneath the rear sea-ts within convenient reeeh whom but consider myself et liberty to make snob.

the ends of the front seet 'forming when up,

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4. The combination with e Vehicle-body In testimony whereof I have signed thi.` and a xed rear seat, of a front seat, means specification in the presence of two subscribnormally supported. below said seats fr ing witnesses.

bridging the space between the seats and a V EDGAR P. BREWER. 5 horizontally -inovable slide normally sup- Witnesses:

ported beneath the front seat and constructed A. H. GREGG,

to be projected forward therefrom. y y g HARRY CULBERT 

